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Blanche Evelyn Roberts

Female 1918 - 2007  (89 years)


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  1. 1.  Blanche Evelyn Roberts was born on 9 Aug 1918 in Florida, USA (daughter of Rufus Chloe Roberts and Gertrude Dyess); died on 3 Dec 2007 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Social Security Number: 261054845
    • Residence: 1920, Jacksonville Ward 6, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Blanche Roberts Whitney Williams, 89, of Jacksonville, December 3, 2007, passed surrounded by her beloved family.

    Born August 9, 1918 to Rufus C. and Gertrude Dyess Roberts, and was a lifelong resident of Duval and Baker Counties. Former active member of First Methodist Church of Jacksonville. Attended local schools, business college and completed many job-related courses at Florida State University and the University of Florida. During WWII, she dedicated PT Boat-99, built by the Huckins Yacht Corporation in Jacksonville, FL. Active in various parent organizations and a former Board member of the YWCA. Served on The White House Task Force For Committee on Aging from Northeast FL. She was an EVE finalist in 1973. Retired in 1979 as a Caseworker, Florida State Employment Commission.

    Preceded in death by husbands, Jerry J. Williams and Robert Vance Whitney and daughter, Gayle Wells.

    Survived by sons William Boyd Whitney, Robert V. Whitney (Marty) and stepchildren Sheldon Williams, Michael Williams, Margaret Boyd, and Tim Williams.

    Lovingly referred to as "Mimi" by her grandchildren. Granddaughter Kelly DeWitt and great-granddaughter Amanda Wroda, grandson Bill Whitney, great-granddaughter Ashton Whitney had a very special relationship with their grandmother. Blanche adored her 9 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren as well as nieces, their families, and many very dear and treasured friends.

    To honor her wishes, a private graveside service for family was held at Evergreen Cemetery.

    In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Community Hospice Foundation, 4114 Sunbeam Rd.; Ste. 101, Jax., FL 32257.

    Arrangements under the direction of George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4747 Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com

    Published in the Florida Times-Union on Dec. 9, 2007

    https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/TimesUnion/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=99251234

    Age: 89

    Blanche married Robert Vance Whitney on 16 Nov 1935 in Baker, Florida, USA. Robert was born on 7 May 1906 in Whitney, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada; died on 10 Aug 1961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gayle Roberta Whitney was born on 11 Feb 1945 in Norfolk, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Oct 1988 in Nassau, Florida, USA.
    2. Living
    3. Living

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rufus Chloe Roberts was born on 1 Jun 1880 in Columbia, Florida, USA (son of William Burnett Roberts and Living); died in May 1934 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1910, Lulu, Columbia, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Jacksonville Ward 6, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA

    Rufus married Gertrude Dyess on 20 Nov 1903 in Baker, Florida, USA. Gertrude (daughter of George Cooper Dyess and Martha Roberts) was born on 22 Nov 1888 in Baker, Florida, USA; died on 25 Mar 1967 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gertrude Dyess was born on 22 Nov 1888 in Baker, Florida, USA (daughter of George Cooper Dyess and Martha Roberts); died on 25 Mar 1967 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Gertrude Robert
    • Name: Gertrude Roberts
    • Residence: 1900, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Lulu, Columbia, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1920, Jacksonville Ward 6, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA

    Children:
    1. Rufus Rudolph Newnan Roberts was born on 5 Feb 1905 in Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA; died on 4 Jan 1989 in St Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA.
    2. Omega Roberts was born on 31 Aug 1908 in Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA; died on 3 Dec 1972 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.
    3. Mattie Belle Roberts was born on 9 Mar 1911 in Baker, Florida, USA; died on 30 Jul 1985 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.
    4. Lottie Roberts was born on 15 Mar 1913 in Florida, USA; died in 1934 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.
    5. 1. Blanche Evelyn Roberts was born on 9 Aug 1918 in Florida, USA; died on 3 Dec 2007 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Burnett Roberts was born on 8 Sep 1853 in Columbia, Florida, USA (son of Robert Burnett Roberts and Jestern Hancock); died on 29 May 1908 in Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1870, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; Age: 17; AttendedSchool: Y; Occupation: Farm Laborer

    William + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Living
    Children:
    1. 2. Rufus Chloe Roberts was born on 1 Jun 1880 in Columbia, Florida, USA; died in May 1934 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.
    2. John Wesley Roberts was born on 17 Apr 1875 in Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 13 Apr 1908 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.

  3. 6.  George Cooper Dyess was born on 29 Jan 1854 in Baker, Florida, USA (son of Ezekiel Dyess and Lydia Cooper); died on 9 Jan 1911 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1860, Nassau, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1885, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA

    George married Martha Roberts on 20 Oct 1887 in Baker, Florida, USA. Martha (daughter of Stephen Roberts and Mary Ann Boyd) was born on 24 Feb 1854 in Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 13 Apr 1930 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Martha Roberts was born on 24 Feb 1854 in Columbia, Florida, USA (daughter of Stephen Roberts and Mary Ann Boyd); died on 13 Apr 1930 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Martha Dyess
    • Residence: 1885, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1910, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA

    Children:
    1. Rosa Lee Dyess was born on 4 Apr 1874 in Columbia, Florida, USA.
    2. Della Dyess was born on 16 Apr 1877 in Baker, Florida, USA; died on 3 Sep 1920 in Baker, Florida, USA.
    3. William Cooper Dyess was born in Oct 1879 in Baker, Florida, USA.
    4. 3. Gertrude Dyess was born on 22 Nov 1888 in Baker, Florida, USA; died on 25 Mar 1967 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.
    5. Katherine Dyess was born on 28 Jan 1891 in Baker, Florida, USA; died on 9 May 1979 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert Burnett Roberts was born on 29 Jan 1830 in Alachua, Alachua, Florida, USA (son of Asa Roberts and Belinda Burnett); died on 22 Nov 1923 in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, Columbia, Florida, USA; Age: 20
    • Residence: 1870, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; Age: 40; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 480; RealEstateValue: 500; Occupation: Farmer

    Robert + Jestern Hancock. Jestern was born in 1836 in Columbia, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Jestern Hancock was born in 1836 in Columbia, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Jestern Roberts
    • Residence: 1870, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA; Age: 34; Occupation: Keeping House

    Children:
    1. 4. William Burnett Roberts was born on 8 Sep 1853 in Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 29 May 1908 in Columbia, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.
    2. John E Roberts was born in 1855 in Columbia, Florida, USA.
    3. Charles R Roberts was born in 1857 in Columbia, Florida, USA.
    4. Henry C Roberts was born in 1859 in Columbia, Florida, USA.
    5. Eliza C Roberts was born in 1861 in Columbia, Florida, USA.
    6. Martha G Roberts was born in 1865 in Columbia, Florida, USA.
    7. Lilly Ann Roberts was born on 31 Mar 1868 in Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 8 Feb 1948; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.

  3. 12.  Ezekiel Dyess was born on 7 Apr 1821 in Appling, Georgia, USA (son of Henry Dyess, Jr and Martha Smith); died on 22 Feb 1907 in Sanderson, Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1 Jun 1840, District 451, Ware, Georgia, USA
    • Residence: 1850, Division 17, Nassau, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Nassau, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1885, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1900, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA

    Ezekiel married Lydia Cooper in 1839 in Wayne, Georgia, USA. Lydia (daughter of Willoughby Cooper and Mary Walker) was born on 6 Dec 1817 in Wayne, Georgia, USA; died on 18 Dec 1881 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Lydia Cooper was born on 6 Dec 1817 in Wayne, Georgia, USA (daughter of Willoughby Cooper and Mary Walker); died on 18 Dec 1881 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Lydia Dyess
    • Residence: 1850, Division 17, Nassau, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1860, Nassau, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Baker, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1880, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA

    Children:
    1. Martha Serilda Dyess was born on 27 Oct 1840 in Ware, Georgia, USA; died on 24 Apr 1907 in Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Brandy Branch Cemetery, Bryceville, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    2. Margaret Samantha Dyess was born on 22 Feb 1841 in Wayne, Georgia, USA; died on 10 Nov 1904 in Florida, USA; was buried in Gillen Family Cemetery, Lulu, Columbia, Florida, USA.
    3. Mary Dyess was born in 1844 in Ware, Georgia, USA.
    4. William R Dyess was born in 1845 in Florida, USA.
    5. Moses Dyess was born in 1846 in Florida, USA; died before 1860 in Florida, USA.
    6. Missouri "Mizauri" Dyess was born in Feb 1849 in Florida, USA; died in 1910 in Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.
    7. Caroline Dyess was born in 1850 in Florida, USA.
    8. Henry Dyess was born in 1852 in Florida, USA.
    9. 6. George Cooper Dyess was born on 29 Jan 1854 in Baker, Florida, USA; died on 9 Jan 1911 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.

  5. 14.  Stephen Roberts was born on 6 Feb 1814 in Georgia, USA (son of John "Buttermilk Jack" Roberts, Sr and Phoebe "Tibbie" Weeks); died on 12 Nov 1886.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Known As: Tiger Bill
    • Residence: 1850, Calhoun, Florida, USA
    • Residence: 1885, Bradford, Florida, USA

    Stephen married Mary Ann Boyd in 1838 in Lowndes, Georgia, USA. Mary was born on 1 Jul 1822; died on 10 Jan 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Mary Ann Boyd was born on 1 Jul 1822; died on 10 Jan 1894.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Mary Roberts
    • Residence: 1885, Bradford, Florida, USA

    Children:
    1. 7. Martha Roberts was born on 24 Feb 1854 in Columbia, Florida, USA; died on 13 Apr 1930 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Dyess Cemetery, Olustee, Baker, Florida, USA.



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